Improvement in washing-machines



A. GREGG. Washing-Mchines.

Patented June17 1873.-

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UNITED STATES ALLEN canoe, or SPRINGBOROUGH, onioQ IMPROVEMENT INWASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,889, dated June 17,I873; application filed March 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN GREGG, of Springborough, in the county ofWarren, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my machine. Fig. 2 representsa vertical section of the same taken at line a: as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents a vertical section of same taken at line y y of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to provide a washing-machine which may beused in an ordinary wash-tub; and it consists in the combination of acorrugated table and grooved rubbingboard with a hinged and yieldinghand-lever and other auxiliary devices hereinafter described.

The table A, supported on three legs f, is provided with the head-blockB, having a vertical hole through it for the hinge-rod N to work in. Thespiral spring a around the hingerod acts through said rod (which isflattened at its upper end to form part of the hinge) upon the lever G.The corrugated rubbing-board D is secured by a central pivot, d, underlever G, as represented in the drawings. The V- shaped blocks 6 serve tolimit the movements of the rubbing-board upon its pivot.

To prevent wear and injury of the clothing in washing it between twocorrugated surfaces I have provided the table A with a number offrictionballs, c, which are free to revolve in their sockets in the faceof the table. As the ballst' project slightly above the surface of thestationary table they serve the double purpose of relieving thereciprocating rubber D from actual contact with the table A, which wouldwear the clothing while being washed, and also prevent the articlesbeing washed from becoming rolled up by the reciprocating action of therubbing-board D.

When the machine is placed in a common wash-tub the short legs f willsupport it at an elevation sufficiently high to allow the curved end ofhand-lever C to project over the edge i of the tub; and the short arms 0will bear. against the inside of the tub so as to allow a X space.around the edge of table A, to afford access to the water within thetub, which may be supplied with sufiicient water to cover the uppersurface of said table A; and to retain the machine in position in thetub, Ihave provided a thumb-screw, I, having its seat in-the head-blockand furnished'with a sharp point 1. which will be inserted in the sideof the tub by turning the screw, and thus secure the machine firmly inthe tub.

The clothes to be washed will be placed on the table A under the rubberD, and the latter i will be moved by the lever G backward and forward,pressing and rubbing the clothes.

The spring a which holds the rubber upon the clothes will yieldsufficiently to allow the rubber D to adjust itself to varyingthicknesses or quantities of clothes which arebein g washed. Havingdescribed my invention, I claim and 1 2. The arrangement of the socketedballsi in the face of table A to operate in combination with thecorrugated rubber D and table A, in the manner and for the purposedescribed.

Witness my hand this 13th day of February,

ALLEN GREQG. Witnesses:

H. P. K. PEoic, I E. H. MILLER.

